This absolutely gorgeous shawl with traditional Orenburg elements was designed by Olga Fedorova and knitted with a blend of silk and camel yarn by Kim Wilson, one of Galina Khmeleva’s students.

Olga designed this Orenburg-style lace shawl in 1991. The shawl has scalloped borders on all three sides of the triangle; Olga designed it for minimal finishing. She used traditional Orenburg pattern elements—Strawberry, Diagonal, Fisheye, and Honeycomb. Olga named this design Vasilek for the flower known as bachelor’s button.

Materials

Treenway Silks Camelot Chameau 30/2, 55% bombyx silk/45% camel yarn, laceweight, 1,630 yard (1,490.5 m)/100 gram (3.5 oz) skein, 1 skein of Tan Camel

Needles, size 2 (3 mm) or size needed to obtain gauge

Markers, 2 different colors

Stitch holder or safety pin

Blocking wires or nylon cord and T-pins